A fragment of a hypothetical prototype of the book In the Beginning (ProtoBereshit), supposedly composed in 1609-1583 BC in northern Egypt. According to our hypothesis, in the work of fiction, an unknown physician-encyclopedist for the first time pointed out damage to the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) as a cause of gait disturbance. See our commentary at the link: 1650-1550bcImhotep the Younger [Rus].
Quote
[Egy]
Edwin Smith Papyrus
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Variant spelling of the hieroglyph «mt» (original source: 1930BreastedJH, Vol. 2, Plate XII, Case 34) |
Translation
[Eng]
Edwin Smith Papyrus
Translator's note: The vessels of which the commentator is speaking he
calls mt, and it should be remembered that this term mt means not only “canal,”
but also “ ligament, tendon.” (original source: 1930BreastedJH, Case 34; Vol. 1,
p. 349)
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Original source: 1930BreastedJH, Vol. 2, Plate XII. |
External links
Breasted JH. The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus: published in facsimile
and hieroglyphic transliteration with translation and commentary in two
volumes. Chicago: University Chicago Press, 1930. [archive.org 1 , archive.org 2, oi.uchicago.edu]
Authors & Affiliations
Unknown co-author (Imhotep the Younger?, ca. 1650-1550 BC) was an Egyptian or West Asian physician, encyclopedist, medical writer, who worked in northern Egypt during the rule of the Hyksos. [books.google]
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Wise man Imhotep (1st mill. BC) Bronze sculpture in the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow); photograph by the author. |
Keywords
ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament
of head of femur, damage, synonym, injury, Egypt
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